Combined Shirt And Jewish Garment

ABSTRACT

Combined shirt and Jewish garment is provided adapted to be worn on a man&#39;s body. The combined shirt comprises a shirt having at least four corners, wherein at least two corners are positioned on each side of the man&#39;s body and a group of tied fringes is provided in the corners. Pockets are provided in the corners wherein the tied fringes are connected to the shirt within the pocket and are capable of being loosened to extend from said pocket.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a religious article. More particularly,the present invention relates to combined Jewish “four cornered garment’with fringes that also serves as a shirt having pockets to protect andenvelop the fringes.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

A garment having fringes on its four corners is worn by members of theJewish religion by way of draping it over one's shoulder. The well knownJewish garment includes a rectangle cloth having a central opening thatcan be placed over one's head and worn on the body. The garment is fullyopen along all sides producing 4 corners, each having a hole throughwhich fringes, also known as “tzitzioth”, pass so that they can be tiedto the corners of the garment.

This Jewish garment suffers from some deficiencies. Most importantly, itmoves around on the body causing discomfort to the wearer. Further,since it is loose fitting, it does not provide a neat appearance.However, most commonly, the garment is worn as an undergarment, and thisis especially uncomfortable in the summer months and in warm climates.Another problem of the tzitzioth garment is that mechanical launderingdamages the braiding of the fringes. Traditionally, once the tzitziothbraiding is damaged, the garment is rendered ritually void. Thuslaundering has to be done manually.

Despite these deficiencies, the 4-cornered tzitzioth garment hasundergone very few design changes over many years. Rarely haveconstructive changes to the Jewish garment been suggested in order toprovide aesthetic and comfortable usage to the wearer. For example inU.S. Pat. No. 4,485,494 “Garment” by Segol filed in 1984 that describesa garment that is formed with a body encircling portion which encirclesand encloses the body, either temporarily or permanently, for aboutone-third or less the length of the garment, with two-thirds or more ofthe garment being open. Yet, the garment gives the appearance of beingfully closed along the sides or located areas of open section. Thegarment is formed with at least four distinct corners which may containfringes. A novel bag or encasement for laundering the fringes is alsoprovided.

Another example is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,912,780 “Combined Shirtand Religious Garment” by Falack filed in 1990, that suggests a combinedshirt and religious article that is rectangular in shape, includes aneck opening, and fasteners for fitting it to the torso of the wearer.Both solutions do not give a full and combined solution that allows thewearer to wear only one article that can be any article shirt providedwith protected “tzizioth”.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

It is an objective of the present invention to provide a traditionallyJewish garment in the way that the Halakha (the Jewish religious law)states.

It is another objective of the present invention to provide a tzitziothgarment which is comfortable to wear, fits well and is less likely tomove around on the body.

It is still a further objective of the present invention to provide acombined shirt and tzitzioth garment that has the aestheticacceptability of a contemporary shirt or outer wear.

It is still a another objective of the present invention to provide atzitzioth garment provided with internal pockets protecting thetzitzioth while being washed in a washing machine.

Additionally, a further objective of the present invention is to providethe combination of a traditionally Jewish tzitzioth garment which isboth aesthetic and comfortable to the wearer while also providing thetzitzioth with internal laundry and covering pockets.

It is thus provided in accordance with a preferred embodiment of thepresent invention, a combined shirt and Jewish garment adapted to beworn on a man's body, the combined shirt comprising:

shirt having at least four corners, wherein at least two corners arepositioned on each side of the man's body;

a group of tied fringes is provided in four corners of said at leastfour corners;

a pocket is provided in each of said four corners wherein said group oftied fringes is connected to the shirt within said pocket and is adaptedto be loosened to extend from said pocket.

Furthermore, in accordance with another preferred embodiment of thepresent invention, said shirt is a buttoned shirt.

Furthermore, in accordance with another preferred embodiment of thepresent invention, said shirt is a T-shirt.

Furthermore, in accordance with another preferred embodiment of thepresent invention, the shirt can be a outer garment or an undergarment.

Furthermore, in accordance with another preferred embodiment of thepresent invention, said pocket is adapted to accommodate said group offringes.

Furthermore, in accordance with another preferred embodiment of thepresent invention, said pocket is of a triangular shape having two sidesclosed and one open side that is aligned with the man's body and isadapted to be closable.

Furthermore, in accordance with another preferred embodiment of thepresent invention, said open side is adapted to be closed with buttons.

Furthermore, in accordance with another preferred embodiment of thepresent invention, said open side is adapted to be closed by a zipper.

Furthermore, in accordance with another preferred embodiment of thepresent invention, said group of tied fringes is connected to saidpocket using a connector adapted to allow attaching and detaching ofsaid group of tied fringes.

Furthermore, in accordance with another preferred embodiment of thepresent invention, said pocket is a triangular having a hole throughwhich said group of tied fringes is connected.

Additionally and in accordance with another preferred embodiment of thepresent invention, the combined shirt comprises a second hole throughwhich said group of tied fringes is inserted to within said pocket orkept outwardly of it.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

In order to better understand the present invention and appreciate itspractical applications, the following Figures are attached andreferenced herein. Like components are denoted by like referencenumerals.

It should be noted that the figures are given as examples and preferredembodiments only and in no way limit the scope of the present inventionas defined in the appending Description and Claims.

FIG. 1 illustrates a frontal view of a combined shirt and Jewish garmentwith tzitzioth internal protection pockets in accordance with apreferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 illustrates a frontal view of a combined shirt and Jewish garmentwith tzitzioth internal protection pockets in accordance with anotherpreferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 illustrates a view of a close tzitzith internal pocket inaccordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, withloose tzizithiot.

FIG. 4 illustrates a view of an open tzitzith internal pocket inaccordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIGS. 5 a,b illustrate two views of tzitzioth internal protectionpockets in accordance with another preferred embodiment of the presentinvention; in a, the tzitzioth are positioned outside the pocket and inb, it is within the protection pocket.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The present invention provides a new and unique combined garment shirtprovided with a “4-cornered tzizioth garment” so as to allow the wearerto wear only the shirt without having to also wear the religious garmentbeneath the shirt. Moreover, since the religious garment as disclosed inUS patents as brought herein as references and as worn nowadays byreligious people is loose on the body and is found to be uncomfortableby many people.

The present invention provides a combined shirt and Jewish garmenthaving internal pockets adapted to protect the tzizioth that areextended from the shirt during laundry and storage as well as envelopingthe tzizioth when the shirt is worn and the wearer wishes to concealthem. According to one aspect of the present invention, the garmentcomprises of a garment having four corners, two corners on each side ofthe body, provided with tied fringes. Each fringe is provided with aprotecting pocket that is adapted to accommodate the fringe.

Reference is now made to FIG. 1 illustrating a frontal view of acombined shirt and Jewish garment with tzitzioth protection bags inaccordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Shirt10, that can be a regular garment or an undergarment, comprising of atleast but preferably four corners 12. Two corners are formed on eachside of shirt 10 by an opening of the shirt that extends from point 14to the bottom of the shirt, wherein the opening is sized to matchreligious requirements. In a preferred case, as shown in the figure, ifa length of x is measured from the sleeve to the bottom, the openingwill be extended to substantially x/2+3 cm. Each corner 12 is providedwith a tied fringe 16 that is connected preferably to the interiorportion of shirt 10. Tied fringes 16 are the known “tzitzioth”. Shirt 10has internal pockets 18 so as to protect the respective tzitzioths 16 aswill be shown more clearly herein after.

Shirt 10 is provided closed to wrap the body by buttons 20 while due toreligious requirements, it is preferable to make round corners 22 in thebottom portion of the buttons.

Reference is now made to FIG. 2 illustrating a combined shirt and Jewishgarment with tzitzioth internal protection pockets in accordance withanother preferred embodiment of the present invention. Shirt 50 can be aT-shirt styled shirt having tzizioth 52 extended from the corners 54 ofthe shirt.

Reference is now made to FIG. 3 illustrating an internal view of a closetzitzioth internal pocket in accordance with a preferred embodiment ofthe present invention, with loose tzizith. Internal pocket 18 isprovided in a shirt such as shirt 10 or shirt 50. The shirt comprises 4internal pockets respective to the 4 tzitzioth. Pocket 14 is preferablya triangular pocket that is sewed in two sides—the bottom side and thediagonal side. The open side is the side that is aligned with the bodythrough which tzizith 62 extends. Buttons 60 are provided so as to allowthe pocket to be closed while protecting the tzizith that is beingaccommodated within the pocket or to be open in order to allow thetzizith to hang loosely. The wearer can decide when to loosen thetzizith.

Reference is now made to FIG. 4 illustrating a view of an open tzitziothinternal pocket in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the presentinvention. By releasing the buttons, as described in FIG. 3, pocket 14is opened. For illustrative purposes only, the internal connection ofthe tzizith is shown. Tzitzith 62 is attached to the shirt in theinternal portion of pocket 18 by a connector 20. Connector 20 enablestzitzith 62 to be detached 12 if necessary, in case of damage or anyother reason. When pocket 18 is open, the portion that is provided withholes 66 for the buttons, and is adapted to enclose the buttons, isreleased.

Reference is now made to FIGS. 5 a and b illustrating illustrate twoviews of tzitzioth internal protection pockets in accordance withanother preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 a depictsa protection pocket 100 that is provided to the corner of the shirt in atriangular shape as used and shown for the previous embodiments.However, the tzitzith 104 is connected to protection pocket 100 in adifferent manner than previously shown. Protection pocket is providedwith a hole 106 through which tzitzioth 104 are inserted to within thepocket or kept exposed. Tzitzith 104 is being threaded to within a hole108 so as to establish a connection between the tzitzith and the pocket.FIG. 5 b depicts tzitzith 104 lightly exposed while most of the tzitzithis inserted to within pocket 100 through hole 106 in the pocket.

It should be emphasized that the closure of the pocket can be performedin any other way rather than pockets, without limiting the scope of thepresent invention.

It should be emphasized that the shirt can be any shirt having anydesign; however since the shirt is combined with a religious article,the shirt has to accord certain religious requirements that do not limitthe scope of the present invention. One main advantage of the combinedshirt is that any shirt having any design can be incorporated with theJewish garment and any religious requirements that are obligated.

It should be clear that the description of the embodiments and attachedFigures set forth in this specification serves only for a betterunderstanding of the invention, without limiting its scope as covered bythe following Claims.

It should also be clear that a person skilled in the art, after readingthe present specification, can make adjustments or amendments to theattached Figures and above described embodiments that would still becovered by the following Claims.

1. A combined shirt and Jewish garment adapted to be worn on a man'sbody, the combined shirt comprising: shirt having at least four corners,wherein at least two corners are positioned on each side of the man'sbody; a group of tied fringes is provided in four corners of said atleast four corners; a pocket is provided in each of said four cornerswherein said group of tied fringes is connected to the shirt within saidpocket and is adapted to be loosened to extend from said pocket.
 2. Thecombined shirt as claimed in claim 1, wherein said shirt is a buttonedshirt.
 3. The combined shirt as claimed in claim 1, wherein said shirtis a T-shirt.
 4. The combined shirt as claimed in claim 1, wherein theshirt can be an outer garment or an undergarment.
 5. The combined shirtas claimed in claim 1, wherein said pocket is adapted to accommodatesaid group of fringes.
 6. The combined shirt as claimed in claim 1,wherein said pocket is of a triangular shape having two sides closed andone open side that is aligned with the man's body and is adapted to beclosable.
 7. The combined shirt as claimed in claim 6, wherein said openside is adapted to be closed with buttons.
 8. The combined shirt asclaimed in claim 6, wherein said open side is adapted to be closed by azipper.
 9. The combined shirt as claimed in claim 1, wherein said groupof tied fringes is connected to said pocket using a connector adapted toallow attaching and detaching of said group of tied fringes.
 10. Thecombined shirt as claimed in claim 1, wherein said pocket is atriangular having a hole through which said group of tied fringes isconnected.
 11. The combined shirt as claimed in claim 10, furthercomprises a second hole through which said group of tied fringes isinserted to within said pocket or kept outwardly of it.